Link IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardFour South Philly teens will compete in the dragon boating world championships — if they can raise enough moneyMaking Team USA was only the beginning They need to raise money in order to head to the World Dragon Boat Racing Championships held in Brandenburg an der Havel a group of South Philadelphia teens discovered dragon boat racing — a 2,000-year-old sport that features 20 paddlers sitting in rows of two with one person steering in the rear and another up front four of those teens are headed to the sport’s world championships Their journey through the high-barrier-to-entry sport has been an underdog story from the beginning and is far from over Making Team USA means the four teens are headed to the World Dragon Boat Racing Championships held in Brandenburg an der Havel » READ MORE: South Philly teens are trying out for Team USA in dragon boating, after a year of underdog success received the phone notification that she’d made the under-16 team at around 1 a.m “I seriously thought it was fake and I definitely couldn’t believe it especially because I was just worrying about the things I did wrong or could’ve done better at tryouts the hour before,” she said who made the under-18 team with the rest of the teens said his “heart sank in a good way” at the news while his mind went “on a parade.” whose timed trials ranked 12th among more than 60 girls in her age bracket who said she’d already given into the idea she “wasn’t going to make the team,” also got the messages The teens have been a mix of nerves and excitement since they traveled to California about two weeks ago Few had left the Philadelphia region before tryouts or been on a plane; those who had didn’t remember the experience the teens were reminded of their underdog status because it would come up in casual conversation with adults the improbable athletes who had ascended in the Philly dragon boating scene They were aware that their road to the tryouts was made possible through their dedicated coach and the generosity of strangers Their original team was made possible by a Jefferson Methodist Hospital grant much of the gear and equipment needed to prepare were donated an anonymous philanthropist paid for their flights and they stayed at an Airbnb to save money They made sure to give the tryouts all they had “They really did a good job trying to always volunteer to be first in the boat do everything they could to stand out,” said Adam Forbes a program that aims to get underserved youth outdoors and introduced the teens to dragon boat racing The rest of the weekend consisted of workouts and other physical tests that involved pullups and medicine balls Forbes said the teens were exhausted by the end of the weekend and Tha Oo Yet now a whole new set of challenges face the Philly teens, who have launched a verified GoFundMe to help them finance the trip to the world championships They’ll need to cover their airfare and lodging The teens are already mulling over additional ways to fundraise while they ramp up their training “I was and still am so excited and thankful for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” she said is not going to be the thing that stops them Some see Sahra Wagenknecht’s brand of ‘left conservatism’ as a bulwark against AfD but others see reasons to be wary But her face is plastered on billboards across the sprawling largely rural northern state that surrounds Berlin There she hopes her fledgling Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) will repeat the successes it enjoyed in polls in Thuringia and Saxony earlier this month where it came third with vote shares in the double figures performing so well that it is now a kingmaker for any possible coalition in either state The centre-right is grappling with how it can keep the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party out of the governments in those two states, where the AfD took more than 30% of the vote in each, coming top in Thuringia. With the latest polls showing the AfD ahead in Brandenburg, the same scenario could be repeated on Sunday. So it is that Wagenknecht, a former communist who once stood on the periphery as a protest politician, has been thrust into the limelight as a core player advocating a distinctive brand of “left conservatism”. And while some see her eponymous alliance as a potential bulwark against the AfD, others point to its anti-migration rhetoric and Russia-friendly foreign policy as reasons to be wary. Acknowledging the power she holds, Franz Josef Wagner, the long-serving columnist of the tabloid Bild, recently referred to her as a “queen of the elections” who could become “Queen of Darkness” or “Queen of Light”, depending on which direction she takes. “I’m pinning my hopes on her,” said Regine Hirsch, 80, a retired chemical laboratory technician, who had left a weekly game of cards with some girlfriends in order to come and hear Wagenknecht speak at the BSW’s first election rally in the riverside city of Brandenburg an der Havel. “Whether everything she says is to be believed, I cannot say,” she said, rubbing her hands against the chill of an autumn breeze. “But I’ve always quite liked her, and anything to keep the Nazis out will be my motto when I go to vote on 22 September,” she added, in reference to the AfD. Read moreIn a passionate 35-minute address to a crowd of about a thousand people gathered on Brandenburg an der Havel’s market square Wagenknecht made brief reference to the BSW’s success “from an almost standing start” in Thuringia and Saxony where governments without it are now almost impossible Brandenburg voters could ensure a similar result send a signal to the unspeakable government in Berlin” lived in its own detached capital-city “bubble of organic food shops Laughter and applause rippled across the square Then Wagenknecht launched into one of her big campaign themes: Ukraine and the defence policy of the chancellor Wagenknecht derided the government’s decision to cut off supplies of Russian gas blaming the move for Germany’s cost of living crisis she would push for a diplomatic solution to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine She suggested Vladimir Putin was no more of a warmonger than the United States Sahra Wagenknecht has become a key player in regional politics after elections in Saxony and Thuringia this month the BSW and the AfD are “siblings in spirit” – both populist parties that reject western values Calling the former “Putinists” and the latter “fascists” the author said a vote for either was an expression of the ancient proverb “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” “Not since reunification in 1990 is democracy and freedom in such danger as it is now,” he told the Süddeutsche Zeitung the message was going down well with Cornelia Pelzer a self-employed businesswoman from a nearby town who had travelled to hear Wagenknecht speak “I’m 150% behind her insistence on pushing for peace,” she said “She reflects the consciousness of many other Germans on this score She’s a complete counterpoint to our war-mongering government,” she added in reference to the continued military support the government has given to Ukraine Pelzer said she had long been a Wagenknecht fan and had chosen to follow her when she broke away last year from the leftist Die Linke party – “who were mired in trench warfare” – with a band of her supporters to form the BSW. Manfred Köhler, 67, who spent 45 years as a shift worker at the local steelworks, admitted he was unconvinced by Wagenknecht and was more likely to vote for the AfD. “But I live in hope that her lot, despite what they say, and the AfD will band together,” he said, sitting on the edge of a flower bed and drawing on a cigarette after the rally. Wagenknecht has, like the established parties, ruled out a coalition between her party and the anti-migration, anti-Islam AfD, although she has been less insistent about refusing any cooperation whatsoever, suggesting the two could work together where their party programmes align. She has been eager to show empathy towards AfD supporters in the hope of luring them to her BSW, saying many chose to vote for the party “not because they’re far-right but because they are furious”. Read moreObvious overlapping goals include limiting migration, increasing the deportations of rejected asylum seekers and tightening controls at Germany’s borders (a step already taken by the government on Monday) Wagenknecht has said Berlin needs to send the message to the world that “Germany is overwhelmed Germany is no longer prepared to be destination number one” a lack of integration and security were among his main concerns “My granddaughter is in the second year of school and over half the class is not able to speak German,” he said “All I know is that this situation can’t continue and that the established parties have to be ousted.” But did he trust parties that had never before held positions of political responsibility They can’t do any worse than the current lot And you can’t label me a Nazi for suggesting it That’s a cheap shot – that was 85 years ago.” Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information Wind turbines near Brandenburg an der Havel 2024 at 4:53 AM ESTUpdated on December 11 2024 at 8:17 AM ESTBookmarkSaveEuropean electricity prices jumped above €1,000 a megawatt-hour as low wind generation drove a surge in gas-fired power With wind production forecast to be weak until the weekend the country must rely on costlier fossil fuels to keep the lights on Major German University Hospital secures long-term access to the latest health technology through renewal of diagnostic and image-guided therapy solutions Philips to deliver new and upgraded hybrid operating room and interventional suites Agreement includes training and education for hospital’s clinicians and medical technologists Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG and the University Hospital Brandenburg an der Havel (Brandenburg Germany) have signed a 10-year strategic partnership to renew and expand the hospital’s diagnostic and therapy options through the delivery of advanced technology solutions The approximately EUR 18 million agreement includes the supply of diagnostic imaging solutions including ultrasound as well as image-guided therapy suites and patient monitoring solutions The long-term cooperation will provide University Hospital Brandenburg an der Havel with optimum flexibility and a needs-based approach to technology selection and financing Managing Director of University Hospital Brandenburg an der Havel "We have decided to partner with Philips in order to ensure high-quality economical medical care for the population of our region into the future," said Gabriele Wolter “Our joint activities will go well beyond device procurement and financing There will be a uniform operating philosophy across devices and departments for renewal of our equipment inventory and make its use easier throughout the clinic.” With around 500 beds, University Hospital Brandenburg an der Havel provides specialist care both locally and nationally for around 26,000 inpatients and 48,000 ambulatory patients in 15 specialized clinics innovative therapies and interdisciplinary teams more than 2,000 employees work toward a common goal: ensuring first-class treatment quality by linking teaching Minimally invasive techniques offer significant benefits for healthcare systems and patients including reduced patient trauma (less patient risk) shorter recovery times and hospital stays (faster patient throughput) "The aim of our cooperation is to take a holistic approach to the design and organization of healthcare along the full treatment pathways in the hospital with our top priorities being improving outcomes enhancing the patient and staff experience and reducing the cost of care," said Heiko Borwieck Well-trained medical and nursing staff are an important part of comprehensive patient care Philips’ ICARUS learning academy for medical and technical staff will be integrated into the hospital’s existing training and education program as part of the 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Havel, 27 March 2025It is now one year since the first students of dental medicine joined the Brandenburg Medical School (MHB). That first cohort is getting reinforcement as a further 48 newcomers start out in Brandenburg an der Havel. They come from all parts of Germany, Nuremberg, the Palatine, Düsseldorf and Lake Constance, but also from the region and the town of Brandenburg an der Havel In the first few days on site they get to know each other and the MHB they discover the town and get a warm welcome from its Lord Mayor Steffen Scheller paid them a visit at the MHB to point out “a wealth of local culture and history and a lot of things for young people to discover and enjoy ideally in the company of fellow students.” He announced expansions of facilities for the training of dental students in line with the growth of the MHB. The former power plant at Bauhofstraße is currently in reconstruction for a new dental clinic as the central location of the MHB department of dental medicine Scheller expressed his support for the project whose developers he was going to meet in the coming days instruction will take place in the former premises of the Dekra Academy at Geschwister-Scholl-Straße where the second class of dental students will start out next week The Lord Mayor promised to attend their matriculation ceremony scheduled for 5 April at the event location Paulikloster He wished them much success and said he hoped they would stay in town or in the region after graduation and help to ensure the provision of dental care The Model curriculum in dental medicine comprises ten semesters and covers the preclinical and the clinical stage of training The focus during the first stage (semesters 1 to 6) is on basic functions of the human body systemic and oral diseases and the fundamentals of dental treatment students complete four components of practical training.   The second stage of the curriculum (semesters 7 to 10) combines a consolidation of theoretical instruction with a larger part of practical training Having successfully passed the state examination in dental medicine graduates may apply for the license to practice dental medicine Go back In order to be able to offer you a personalized and optimized user experience statistical cookies and localStorage entries for technical functions We use localStorage entries for technical functions that are necessary for a smooth and effective use of our website Our optional statistical cookies are used to collect information about the use of our website Eclipse.outdated-browser: "confirmed" Here is the translation of the text values in the code: Here is the translation of the text values into English: ```plaintext please click the box below to let us know you're not a robot Get the most important global markets news at your fingertips with a Bloomberg.com subscription You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser or activate Google Chrome Frame to improve your experience Oxford PV is currently building a manufacturing facility for its silicon perovskite tandem solar cells in Brandenburg an der Havel The regional government of Brandenburg is funding the establishment of series production of tandem solar cells with €8.8 million From pv magazine Germany Oxford Photovoltaics (PV) Germany GmbH, the German unit of UK-based solar module manufacturer Oxford PV is currently investing around €44 million in the construction of its factory in Brandenburg an der Havel in the eastern German region of Brandenburg The state Ministry of Economics in Potsdam is funding the project with €8.8 million “I am delighted that Oxford Photovoltaics has brought the solar technology developed by the company itself to market maturity and that it will soon start with industrial series production here in Brandenburg,” said Brandenburg minister for economic affairs Jörg Steinbach “The decision by Oxford PV to expand the production facility in Hohenstücke is a clear commitment to our community.” Oxford PV is currently building a manufacturing facility in Brandenburg an der Havel for its highly efficient silicon perovskite tandem solar cells The photovoltaic manufacturer acquired the Bosch factory in 2017 and has since operated a pilot line to bring its technology to market maturity Mass production is scheduled to start in the middle of next year as CEO Frank Averdung recently told pv magazine The production facility will initially have a capacity of 125 MW The photovoltaic company wants to expand production by 2024 and then produce its highly efficient tandem cells on a gigawatt scale More articles from Sandra Enkhardt Please be mindful of our community standards and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" By submitting this form you agree to pv magazine using your data for the purposes of publishing your comment Your personal data will only be disclosed or otherwise transmitted to third parties for the purposes of spam filtering or if this is necessary for technical maintenance of the website Any other transfer to third parties will not take place unless this is justified on the basis of applicable data protection regulations or if pv magazine is legally obliged to do so You may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future in which case your personal data will be deleted immediately your data will be deleted if pv magazine has processed your request or the purpose of data storage is fulfilled Further information on data privacy can be found in our Data Protection Policy Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" This website uses cookies to anonymously count visitor numbers. View our privacy policy. × The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this Close Germany — Dennis Hohloch is a fifth-grade history teacher in a town just west of Berlin.  the 30-year-old is campaigning for a new job in the Brandenburg state parliament A member of Germany's insurgent far-right populist party Hohloch is calling to close Germany's borders and teach a rosier version of German history.  Hohloch was born in the eastern city of Potsdam in 1989 — just before the Berlin Wall fell But despite never experiencing life behind the Iron Curtain he's channeling the frustrations of a generation of East Germans who fear cultural and economic upheaval after years of struggling to integrate into broader Germany.  the country will find out how successful the AfD's movement has been in the East where Brandenburg and Saxony — two of the poorest and most conservative states in the country — will hold elections.  The upcoming elections have significant implications beyond the East They will test the strength of Chancellor Angela Merkel's party the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and her long-running governing coalition with the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) triggering new elections that would bring a premature end to Merkel's 14-year reign as chancellor.  a professor of political theory at the Technical University of Dresden said that if the AfD dominates Sunday's elections it will be the latest indication that the establishment centrism which has long governed Germany is on the decline.  It would mean "some fundamental change is on the way but also in terms of political party system," he told Insider "It [would] make government building processes much more difficult .. We have new players in the game and they're changing the game." The main opposition party in the federal parliament the AfD has moved increasingly right-ward since its 2013 founding as a Euro-skeptic party And support for it has deepened in the East in recent years And while the party has remained fringe — winning just 11% of the national vote in the EU elections — experts say its ideas have significantly shifted the national political debate.  but also other parties like the Front National in France or — even more acute than influencing public opinion — influencing politicians' perceptions of public opinion and ideas of what they should do to cater to public opinion," Arndt Leininger a political scientist at Berlin's Free University Much divides East and West Germany 30 years after the fall of the Wall left their homes to find work and a new life in the more prosperous West East German companies and factories — which had been part and parcel of the now-defunct Communist dictatorship — were shuttered and many jobs disappeared with them East German confidence in the country — and in democracy as a governing system — has also dropped in recent years Just 31% of East Germans said German democracy is the best form of government, down more than 20% since 2017, according to a heavily-circulated survey released earlier this month Experts say East Germans' embrace of the AfD is motivated by a fear of losing what they've built over the last three decades.  "They have the feeling they're more than left behind, they're left alone," Alexander Kritikos, a German economist who recently published a report on the AfD in East Germany adding that there's a perception in East Germany that "their future doesn't look great." Vorländer called this "status quo anxiety." "They think they're going to lose something again because of world economic competition and because of migration," he told Insider Critics on the left say that fear is largely unjustified.  "It's not just people who are underprivileged who feel this a lot of people who are actually doing very well but still feel threatened in a very abstract way," said Anika Kettelhake a 31-year-old Brandenburg native who attended a protest earlier this month at an AfD rally in Brandenburg an der Havel "We can very well live together here in Brandenburg." The AfD is campaigning on the motto "Vollende die Wende," which translates to "Complete the revolution." The term "die Wende" translates to English as "the turning point" or "the change" and is commonly used in Germany to refer to the period immediately preceding and following the fall of the Berlin Wall "Wende 2.0," AfD politicians call for a new peaceful revolution — another reference to the non-violent overthrow of the Communist dictatorship — only this one means to overthrow Merkel and Germany's political establishment.  a German political scientist who studies radicalism said the AfD is reclaiming the history of 1989 to energize East Germans who don't feel they were ever embraced in a post-Wall Germany.  "These freedom fighters were not able to be integrated into the new political system of Germany and the AfD is using that right now," he told Insider "[They say] Angela Merkel wasn't really a freedom fighter." attended the August AfD rally in Brandenburg as a protester disturbing the event by blowing a small whistle — like one a gym teacher would use The act provoked a few of the rally attendees who demanded she stop interrupting the speakers.  Auth grew up in a West German town bordering the east and hoped for reunification for many years But now she resents the politics of the East arguing that East Germans are inadequately educated about Nazism and racism.  praying that this border would fall," Auth told Insider one of about 150 protesters who gathered across the street from the rally said she'd move out of the state of Brandenburg and retire in Portugal if the AfD dominates in Sunday's elections.  The AfD rose to political power in 2017 on a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment following Merkel's decision to welcome over a million refugees into the country in 2015.  The party has since made xenophobic nationalism its central message Notorious AfD campaign slogans and posters target Muslims in particular One features bikini-clad white women with the words We'll stick with bikinis." Another shows a pregnant white woman and the words We'll make them ourselves." Still others simply say "Stop Islamization" over a photo of women in Muslim religious attire.  Alice Weidel, the AfD's leader in the national parliament, has said she'd work to push out "headscarf girls," who she called "good-for-nothings."  The Islamophobia goes hand-in-hand with anti-Semitism Prominent AfD leaders have repeatedly provoked fury by minimizing the horrors of Nazism which they say Germans have sufficiently atoned for defended his party members' comments and called Adolf Hitler's reign and the genocide he directed "a small but ugly" chapter of German history.  "We have to teach our children to remember [Nazism] and it cannot happen again but we also have to say that our history is full of positive things and Nobel prizes," he told Insider at the August AfD rally in Brandenburg an der Havel Experts say East Germans raised under Communism undoubtedly have a different understanding of WWII and the post-war years than West Germans do.   "East Germans missed 40 more years experience of democracy," Kritikos said "They were faced with a total of 66 years of totalitarianism … They did not go through the really difficult process of accepting what happened during the Nazi times." East Germany has remained much less racially and ethnically diverse than the West And the regions most hostile to migrants contain the smallest immigrant communities Hohloch said many East Germans believe a more ethnically diverse society would threaten their way of life "We don't have much multiculturalism here in East Germany and the people live here very securely and they see that it works," he said "They love to live here and they don't want it to be changed because some people in Berlin say you have to take these people now."  Many AfD officials and voters insist their anti-immigrant positions aren't fueled by racism who's the daughter of a Pakistani refugee and leads the AfD's national youth wing.   Khan argued that while Islam "shouldn't belong in Europe," the AfD welcomes Muslims who want to assimilate to German culture She said some immigrants fear the Islamization of Germany and charges of racism are a "weapon" used by the media "to bring us down."  "We have many people who are ex-Muslims or liberal Muslims who are scared that in 10 years they won't be able to live here in freedom," said Khan whose Pakistani father sought political asylum in Germany and is a vocal critic of Islam "They see every little step from their home country where there is no democracy But if Hohloch and Khan haven't encountered any racists in their party Just steps away at the rally was a supporter sporting a neo-Nazi T-shirt from the Ansgar Aryan brand.  violent crime in Germany has dropped in recent years — and Germany remains one of the safest countries in the world But of the crimes that were committed in 2018 foreign nationals committed a disproportionate number of them.  a 28-year-old Syrian immigrant training to become an electrician said he felt welcomed when he first arrived in Germany a few years ago once his three-year long apprenticeship is over.  "Here in Germany now it's very difficult for us because a lot of people have their own image of us," Bakr told Insider in Brandenburg "They say that we're making problems on the streets and in the schools but no — we're coming here because there's safety Eliza Relman is reporting from Germany on an Arthur F Burns fellowship through the International Center for Journalists Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Mark Peplow is a science journalist in Penrith Tandem cells could boost power density in crowded urban areas On the outskirts of Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany, nestled among car dealerships and hardware shops, sits a two-storey factory stuffed with solar-power secrets. 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UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution with over 5,000 employees and 17,000 students split between its Dorigny campus Department of Energy and Environmental Materials and advance cancer research in a leading translational institute Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute We are seeking a tenure-track associate professor to promote interdisciplinary research in nanoprobe life sciences or related interdisciplinary field Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science The first class of students have completed their medical training at the Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane (MHB – state-recognized university The location for the farewell ceremony with ca 300 guests last Saturday was the former convent St Congratulations came from Health Minister Jens Spahn and Prime Minister Dr Edmund Neugebauer showed himself highly satisfied with the first successful graduates of the Brandenburg medical model curriculum as the first physicians ever to be trained in the State of Brandenburg the Brandenburg Medical School was established on the initiative of several municipal and non-profit hospitals with the idea to ensure and improve health care in the State of Brandenburg via newly trained medical doctors Brandenburg was the only non-city state in Germany without educational facilities for physicians Edmund Neugebauer referred to famous quotations from Theodor Fontane when he praised the graduates’ courage and perseverance: “Our very first graduates of the Brandenburg medical model curriculum have shown both: courage to opt for medical studies at a newly founded and not yet well-established university in a non-metropolitan area; perseverance to last the course despite the challenges involved We wish to say thank you with today’s ceremony and congratulate you on your successful graduation “We are pleased that the majority of our graduates will stay in Brandenburg for the coming years The adhesive effect frequently invoked in the early stages of the MHB appears to have worked About 2/3 of our graduates will complete their specialist training at one of the cooperating hospitals This is our initial contribution to addressing the shortage of physicians and improving patient care in the region – a wonderful success not only for this young university and our cooperating hospitals but also for the entire State of Brandenburg Neugebauer went on to thank all those who supported the foundation and the development of the MHB with passion and personal commitment: “You may know the African proverb that it takes a whole village to raise a child we might say that it takes a whole village and an entire region to establish a university Many from the village and the region are here today You may all count yourselves among the founding members; without your contributions we would not be what we are today.” Dietmar Woidke added his praise and congratulations: “These young physicians can be rightly proud With your decision to study at a newly founded private medical school in Brandenburg you entered new territory The reward for your courage was an innovative and practice-oriented curriculum From now on you will act as ambassadors for the MHB and your graduation is something like a seal of quality for the young university and for medical studies in Brandenburg.” He thanked the young doctors for their dedication also in times of the pandemic and for their assistance in clinics vaccination and test centres and health departments: “You have demonstrated to the local population that Brandenburg has medical students and therefore future physicians I hope that as many of you as possible will remain in the region and help to improve the provision of health care There is an urgent need for young physicians specifically in rural areas.” curricular and administrative affairs as well as in regional national and international cooperation and partnerships He declared himself impressed by what the MHB the cooperating clinics and all other partners and supporters achieved within a few years and in high quality and he promised reliable support from the State of Brandenburg for the next major challenge the institutional accreditation by the Council of Science and Humanities Health Minister Jens Spahn who had to cancel his participation on short notice sent congratulations by video message He underlined the pioneering role of the graduates as the first to complete the Brandenburg medical model curriculum and highlighted the innovative elements of their education: integration of preclinical and clinical training intense exchange with cooperating hospitals and academic teaching practices and a strong focus on communicative competences across all semesters are certain to follow this example step by step “Your studies at the MHB have prepared you for a number of changes and developments which will become increasingly manifest in health care As the first MHB graduates you have completed a demanding medical curriculum in particularly difficult conditions due to the pandemic – an outstanding and memorable achievement again emphasizes the need for qualified health personnel specifically in rural areas managing director of the university clinic Brandenburg an der Havel congratulated the graduates on behalf of the MHB associates and found emotional words of thanks for attending protagonists from politics and the clinical partners: “Your untiring efforts your firm belief in the vision of a medical school in Brandenburg have always been essential contributions Marie-Luise Flohr and Johanna Seiffert spoke on behalf of the graduates and reviewed the stages of their time at the MHB Graduation certificates were handed over by Prof Wilfried Pommerien (former vice dean for curricular and student affairs) René Mantke (former vice dean for research and academic affairs) and Prof The ceremony also marked a turning point for MHB president Prof Edmund Neugebauer who officially handed over the baton to Prof Hans-Uwe Simon as the new MHB president from 1 September Musical accompaniment was provided by the MHB chamber ensemble under Prof Michael Hauptmann and a choir (Extra Chor Brandenburg headed by Karsten Drewing) The ceremony was organized as a hybrid event with attendance on site under current Corona regulations and a detailed hygiene concept and also in the form of a live-stream broadcast Das Laden von YouTube wurde nicht erlaubt. 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In response to an inquiry from pv magazine last week, Oxford PV explained the termination by saying Meyer Burger had changed its business model and these changes are not compatible with its own plans In 2019, the two PV companies entered an exclusive partnership. Their goal was to make the mass production of perovskite tandem solar cells based on Meyer Burger's heterojunction technology market ready Meyer Burger developed the production equipment and maintained the partnership when it announced its strategic transition from equipment manufacturer to solar cell and module producer Meyer Burger's production facilities in Germany’s Bitterfeld and Freiberg have since ramped up, each with 400 MW of annual capacity which is in the process of setting up a 100 MW production facility for its tandem cells in Brandenburg an der Havel Originally scheduled to start production this summer, Friday's announcement now says this is targeted for 2022. The reason for the delay is on the equipment side and the impact of the Corona pandemic Meyer Burger says it is skeptical about such an imminent production start “Meyer Burger's assessment was and is that perovskite tandem technology will only reach the technology and production maturity product reliability and cost structure required for competitive mass production in a few years' time.” perovskite tandem solar cells remain an integral part of the Swiss manufacturer's technology roadmap Especially since Meyer Burger has a large portfolio of processes and production techniques for its own potential mass production of tandem solar cells and modules based on its own developments and know-how “This includes the essential manufacturing processes and machines for perovskite tandem solar cells and corresponding solar modules with Meyer Burger's proprietary Smartwire interconnection technology,” it continued It said these are essential for the cost-effective mass production of reliable products no PV manufacturer in the world has yet succeeded in transferring its successes from the laboratory to mass production Oxford PV aims to be a pioneer with its plant in Brandenburg an der Havel we have been operating a small volume line on site which has allowed us to optimize our product and verify that we are achieving our long-term stability and manufacturability targets,” CEO Frank Averdung said after Friday's announcement “Now that the technology is ready to go and the factory build is complete we look forward to the journey ahead to achieve our mission of making perovskite photovoltaics a mainstream solar technology.” It was the following sentence that caused some buzz – at least on the Swiss side – over the weekend: “With the achievement of this factory milestone Oxford PV has ended its exclusive relationship with Meyer Burger.” Despite the termination of the cooperation agreement Oxford PV states that it does not expect this to have any impact on the delivery of the remaining machines and that Meyer Burger will fulfill its contractual obligations the PV manufacturer refers to other production equipment suppliers for heterojunction solar cells the company says it will rely on industry-standard equipment for thin film production for the perovskite top cell There are many alternative suppliers for this as well it will source equipment from other suppliers in the future You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Rail transport company Škoda Transportation has secured an order from the German federal state of Brandenburg for the delivery of new low-floor trams the order was were placed jointly by the cities of Frankfurt an der Oder Škoda will supply around 24 vehicles with an option for another 21 Škoda Transportation president and board of director’s chairman Petr Brzezina said: “With this order we have started the second hundred of ordered modern which will offer ecological transport in nine German cities.” Škoda Transportation sales senior vice-president and board of directors member Zdeněk Majer said: “The customer will get the latest addition from the Škoda ForCity Plus family two radial drive bogies and one regular non-radial bogie The new order underlines the purpose of our long-term investments in developing and improving the level of our trams making them suitable for modern transport throughout Europe.” The new Škoda ForCity Plus vehicles will replace the current high-floor trams that are soon going to reach the end of their service life Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis The vehicles will be delivered in two widths to cater to the individual requirements of each city The company noted that around 13 of the 24 ordered vehicles will go to Frankfurt four and possibly eight more from the option will travel to Branibor and the remaining seven with 13 from the option will be supplied to Cottbus The new trams will be ideal for passengers with compromised mobility and will provide air-conditioning The company stated that this is the first tender in which the contracting authorities requested technically identical trams for three different cities Frankfurt transport company SVF CEO Christian Utuk said: “The winner of the tender won thanks to its modern vehicle concept and the implementation of basic low-floor space utilisation and energy efficiency requirements Škoda Transportation stated that low-floor trams are already operating in Schöneiche-Rüdersdorf around 14 Škoda ForCity Classic trams are currently operating in Chemnitz and a contract for ForCity Smart low-floor trams for Heidelberg Ludwigshafen and Bonn is already in discussion Nominations are now open for the prestigious Railway Technology Excellence Awards - one of the industry's most recognised programmes celebrating innovation This is your chance to showcase your achievements Don't miss the opportunity to be honoured among the best - submit your nomination today Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The historical territory of Brandenburg originated as a margave established in 948 AD by the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I to exert control over the Slavic peoples settled around the River Oder In the 14th century the margrave of Brandenburg was elevated to the status of prince-elector and in 1415 this privilege was bestowed upon the House of Hohenzollern which would rule Brandenburg until the end of World War I Through a series of co-rulership agreements in the 16th and 17th centuries the Hohenzollerns significantly expanded their territory to form a realm known as Brandenburg-Prussia By 1701 they had become sufficiently powerful for the margrave Frederick I to confidently crown himself the first “King in Prussia” - a new combined state that would later become the driving force behind the establishment of the German Empire in 1871 part of Brandenburg was handed to Poland and was cleansed of its German population The remainder of the state fell under Soviet occupation when Prussia was finally broken up in 1947 Brandenburg was one of the component states in the newly-founded German Democratic Republic (GDR) but it was completely dissolved in 1952 during administrative reforms The reunification of Germany on October 3 1990 also witnessed the resurrection of the state of Brandenburg Its new Landtag met for the first time on October 26 reunification brought hardship as well as assistance to Brandenburg: exposed to West Germany’s competitive market economy technologically-outdated East Germany found it difficult to keep up and material hardship and unemployment boomed While still remaining one of Germany’s least densely-populated states Brandenburg has begun to recover in recent years Its proximity to Berlin meant that the area experienced a population boom larger than that in other eastern German states in the years 1995 to 2000 although this has begun to reverse again in recent years as Berlin’s suburbs gradually expand means that it is home to some of the best-preserved wildlife and nature in the whole of Germany Brandenburg was once nicknamed the “sandbox of the Holy Roman Empire” on account of the sandy soils that cover a large part of its landmass. However, this moniker belies the state’s geographical diversity, for these sandy plains are crisscrossed and pitted by the tributaries of the Rivers Elbe and Oder, enormous stretches of pine and fir forests, and more than 3.000 lakes which was established in 1995 as a joint Polish-German effort to preserve the region’s flora and fauna Brandenburg is characterised by a humid continental climate, with warm summers and no dry season. Rainfall in the state is a relatively heavy average of 550mm per year and the average temperature varies anywhere from -3 degrees in the winter to 26 degrees in the summer. There is a slight difference between the weather in western Brandenburg where more continental influences - hot summers and cold winters - are discernable The majority of people in Brandenburg speak standard German or a mixture of standard German and Berlin-Brandenburgisch (which is itself more of a variation of standard German than a separate dialect) you may hear Low German dialects being spoken Lower Sorbian (similar to Polish and Czech) is also spoken by a very small number of people in southeastern Brandenburg As a primarily rural state, Brandenburg is not home to a huge number of cities Located just a stone’s throw from Berlin and an ever-popular day trip destination Brandenburg’s state capital Potsdam was the favourite stomping ground of the old Kings of Prussia The UNESCO World Heritage palaces and gardens offer a glorious slice of tranquility for anyone looking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city Cottbus is the second-largest city in Brandenburg and the gateway to the famous Spreewald the historical centre of Cottbus is peppered with the elegant architecture that gives the town its name (Chóśebuz is a derivation of Choitische Budky This pretty medieval town is the third-largest in Brandenburg and the namesake for Berlin’s most famous monument, the Brandenburg Gate (rather than the state of Brandenburg itself). Its charming rural location, nestled amid a multitude of lakes, rivers and canals makes it the perfect starting-off point for some countryside exploration Not to be confused with Frankfurt am Main in Hesse Frankfurt an der Oder is an old Hanseatic city with a history stretching back to 1253 which was part of the city up until the end of World War II Unlike a lot of traditional German dishes Brandenburg cuisine features a lot of fish crayfish and carp appearing in plenty of regional specialities often covered in another local favourite - Spreewald sauce a kind of bechamel flavoured with parsley and dill Potatoes have been a mainstay of the Brandenburg diet ever since they were introduced to the area by Frederick the Great of Prussia The enthusiastic Hohenzollern king even went so far as to encourage their consumption through a royal decree Brandenburgers may like their potatoes, but it’s for another crop that the state has achieved nationwide (if not worldwide) fame: white asparagus (Spargel). The small town of Beelitz, which marks the end of the “Asparagus Road” that stretches all the way from Baden-Württemberg producing around 50 percent of Brandenburg’s entire asparagus harvest each year It even has its own museum dedicated to the “King of Vegetables” With its mix of pastoral peace, GDR nostalgia and imperial Prussian pizzazz, Brandenburg has something to offer everyone. If you’re stopping through, be sure to pay a visit to these unmissable sights and attractions Frederick the Great built Schloss Sanssouci (which literally translates as “without a care”) as a summer retreat back in the 18th century and its magical soothing power continues to delight visitors to this day Nothing beats a good wander through the UNESCO-listed park’s maze of immaculately-sculpted gardens and vine-bedecked hills Located right in the centre of Oranienburg this memorial centre tells the story of one of the biggest concentration camps in Germany at the site where it took place this disused factory building housed around 200.000 inmates who were exploited as slave labourers for local industry the Spree Forest is a 46-metre-long and nine-mile-wide forested marshland traversed by innumerable waterways and meadows pack a good picnic and explore this watery labyrinth in total serenity Take a trip 200 years into the past, to experience what life was like in the 19th century, without electricity, running water or washing machines. Suitable for the whole family this living history museum recreates a Spreewald village as it would have been in 1840 practise milking a cow and see the largest Spreewald family bed Brandendburg’s flag is a red and white horizontal bicolour, with the state’s coat of arms - a red eagle looking to the right - at the centre. The flag was adopted by the newly-reformed state on January 20 copying the flag used by the Province of Brandenburg in both the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia before the East German states were dissolved by the socialist government a different flag with three stripes in red and white was used Start Here Resources to help everyone in rowing keep the sport safe and clean and to safeguard participants Safe Sport Resources Competition calendars plus information about entering organising and volunteering at rowing competitions Racing and the popular British Rowing Indoor Championships Indoor Rowing The GB Rowing Team is the high performance arm of British Rowing GB Rowing Team Britain’s “bankers” for gold – the women’s pair and men’s four –  came home with the goods from the European Championships in  Brandenburg an der Havel today and there was an exciting bonus win from the new-look women’s eight in the Olympic classes as well as superb win for the lightweight men’s pair The women's eight celebrate © Peter Spurrier/Intersport Images Every crew from every nation had to dig deep in the strong cross-winds which meant winning came ugly rather than with finesse Sbihi said:  “I didn’t need to call for a big push at the end Every time we got some boat-speed the wind hit us but you have to deal with the conditions on the day” Gregory said:  “It was very hard to do what we normally try to in training but it was a real test of our boatmanship I am really pleased with the start we have made and I am excited to find out what we can do from here” Glover said:  “There were waves coming over my back at the start but racing here has up-skilled us We may have cross-wind conditions in Rio so it was good to race in them” Stanning added:  “We may be an experienced crew but we’re not experienced in these conditions The GB’s women’s eight added a fabulous third gold when they smashed through the Dutch leaders with about 10m to go “The speed with which we were able to come through at the end was the special bit.  We have a lot of speed in this boat”, said Olympian Katie Greves who is clearly excited about this crew “Everyone did their job and stayed calm even though we were a length down’, said Zoe Lee “It’s a privilege to row with these women” said:  “It’s been a day of mixed fortunes for the team with some exceptional performances especially our four golds “Conditions have bordered on the extreme and have bene a tough challenge for all nations but we are an outdoor sport and have to accept that It’s now onto Lucerne for the World Cup in late May where we will hope for calmer water” Alan Sinclair and Stewart Innes added silver to the GB tally of four golds They beat the Dutch who should have been their main opposition only to lose out on gold to Hungary who surged through at the end Sinclair added:  “Those were tough conditions I still think we have our best rowing to come” Chris Bartley, Mark Aldred, Jono Clegg and Peter Chambers were beaten to gold only by the reigning World Champions Switzerland in the light men’s four Their silver came in a time of 6:47.73 and was a big step on from their ninth place at last year’s World Championships Bartley said:  “After last year we are pretty pleased with that start” Aldred added:  “We have worked hard and made a lot of improvements over the winter” took bronze in the last race of the day in a race won by Germany with Russia taking silver “That was an exciting race.  In terms of eights racing that’s about as exciting as it can get with several crews having had the lead at various times”, said World Champion Paul Bennett afterwards In the opening race of the day GB’s Sam Scrimgeour and Joel Cassells were emphatic winners of lightweight men’s pair gold in one of the sport’s International Class events They got out to an early lead and went on to seal victory with style The victory meant a European title to add to Scrimgeour’s 2015 World gold and a successful title defence for Casseslls GB had 13 crews in today’s finals and took four golds The next big event for the GB Rowing Team will be the world cup in Lucerne from May 27-29 For reaction to this report and interview requests please contact the GB Rowing Team press office on site:  [email protected] or 07831 755351 or 07765 071683 Click on the expander boxes below for more information Order yours now